Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108) and index
Biography of Maya Angelou / Cindy Dyson -- Exuberance as beauty : the prose and poetry of Maya Angelou / Rachel Thomas -- Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings : paths to escape / Susan Gilbert -- Displacement and autobiographical style in Maya Angelou's The heart of a woman / Carol E. Neubauer
Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works